We are in our due diligence period now and one of the biggest issues we found during the home inspection was more roof damage than we originally thought.

Didn't negotiate because property came with hurricane damage which I felt was appropriately priced into the asking price.

Whatever the last lease they signed is what is in effect just one a month to month basis. 

I have buildings at 100% and buildings in mid 80sThe hurricane didn’t effect me at all.

Door knock is most effective. 

I agree with these guys, I've never had luck cash-out refinancing for numerous reasons.Also, in my opinion some of the most brain damage from deals is the financing, so I prefer to only go through it once :) 

As a pet owner in Austin I've seen the usual is $300-500 as a pet deposit and at the end of the least if there is no pet damages you MAY get back half of the deposit but.

In some cases, the effective tax rate is huge. 

So you have a great tenant that takes care of the place and their current 2 dogs have been controlled and not damaged anything.

there is a long thread going right now on the risk you take using IRA money to buy fixed assets.being the bank is more appropriate as long as you pick good notes.. what happens when you landlord in a IRA you cant commingle personal funds with the IRA asset so you get a bad tenant that does lots of damage you cant use personal funds to fix it.. so if you are going to use IRA to buy you need much larger amounts of cash left in the IRA for any unforeseen expenses.